I am in CA. I did not choose to pay from the return. You can see my problem when you go to "Show Topic List" scroll down to -->4. Review and find that Audit Defense has a check mark that is impossible to change. It is locked to apply the Audit Defense charge. Also none of my screens ever gave me an option to turn down the offer or Remove it.
I will however try using my credit card once again but, only for the $25 for efiling my CA tax return. I am angry that Intuit has subjected the public to this frustrating problem for multi years, as i have seen posts all the way back to 2019.
